Prof. Thirumulanathan D has been awarded the Core Research Grant (CRG) from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for the project proposal titled "Optimal Auction Mechanisms for Selling Multiple Heterogeneous Items in Static and Dynamic Settings". Prof. Swaprava Nath (IIT Bombay) is a co-PI on the project.
Dr Sukumar Vellakkal has been awarded a research grant titled "Food Insecurity, Intra-household Dynamics, and Life-course Outcomes", funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the lead collaborator Lancaster University UK. The grant Period is 2021- 2025.
Dr. Debayan Pakrashi has been selected for the Shastri Covid-19 Pandemic Response Grant (SCPRG): Call for Innovative Solutions 2020-21.
DST-SERB MATRICS Grants have been awarded to Dr. Mohammad Arshad Rahman, Dr. Debayan Pakrashi and Dr. Wasim Ahmad.
Dr. Wasim Ahmad has been awarded the UKRI-ICSSR grant under the call: The future of UK-Indian trade and cross border investment in a changing global environment.
Debayan Pakrashi (IIT Kanpur), Sarani Saha (IIT Kanpur), Chitwan Lalji (IIM Kozhikode) and Surya N. Maiti (IIT Kanpur) (2019-20, PI) “Knowledge is Power: A Scoping Study on Women’s Safety” funded by the International Growth Centre India (Bihar), £20,000.
Debayan Paakrashi (IIT Kanpur), Asadul Islam (Monash University) and Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), (2019-20, Co-PI) “Addressing Financial Inclusion in Rural India: The Role of Information and Peer Pressure,” funded by the International Growth Centre India (Bihar), £20,000.
Deep Mukherjee, (2017, PI), "Evaluation of HDFC Bank's Gram Samridhhi (Part I)," sponsored by Shramik Bharti, INR 3.60 Lakhs.
Debayan Pakrashi, Deep Mukherjee, Arun Kumar Sharma (IIT Kanpur), Paul Frijters (University of Queensland) and Asadul Islam (Monash), (2016-18, Co-PI), "Skill Formation and Self-Employment Generation through Vocational Training," funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, INR 8.5 Lakhs.
Debayan Pakrashi, (2016-18), "Evaluating and Learnings from India's Family Planning Investments," with the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), IPE Global, IIPS Mumbai and others, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Deep Mukherjee and Debayan Pakrashi, (2016-17, Co-PI), Comprehensive Agricultural Information System (CAIS) development (feasibility study), sponsored by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, INR 19.9 Lakhs.
Debayan Pakrashi, (2016-17), "Affirmative Action, Discrimination and Economic Development: Lessons and Evidence," with Monash University, Australia, funded by the Australia-India Council, AUD 30,000.
Debayan Pakrashi and Paul Frijters, (2016-17, Co-PI), "A workshop into women's safety in India," funded by the Australia India Council, AUD 50,000.
Debayan Pakrashi, Yves Zenou, Choon Wang, and Asad Islam, (2016-17, Co-PI), "Discrimination in the demand for health services in India," funded by Department of Economics, Monash University, AUD 19,500.
Tanika Chakraborty and Sarani Saha, (2015-18, PI), "Courts, Networks and Start-Ups: Institutions matter for small enterprise development in South Asia," sponsored by IDRC, Canada, INR 84 Lakhs.
Wasim Ahmad, (2015-17, Co-PI), "Financial integration in the SAARC region: Empirical analysis and policy issues", funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, INR 40 Lakhs.
Deep Mukherjee, (2015-16, Consulting), "Socio-economic study for developmental needs assessment in nearby areas of various thermal power stations in Uttar Pradesh," sponsored by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (UPRVUNL), INR 25 Lakhs.
Debayan Pakrashi, Asadul Islam (Monash), Christopher Barrett (Cornell), Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford), Paul Christian (Cornell) and BRAC, (2015-16, Co-PI), "Technology Adoption and Diffusion: The System of Rice Intensification and Food Security in Bangladesh," funded by the International Growth Centre, Bangladesh.
Tanika Chakraborty, (2015, Consulting), "A study on Child Labor in Uttar Pradesh," sponsored by Ministry of Labor, Uttar Pradesh, INR 1 Lakhs.
Tanika Chakraborty and Sarani Saha, (2014-15, PI), "A study on the interaction between the formal and informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship," sponsored by ICSSR, INR 10 Lakhs.
Debayan Pakrashi, Paul Frijters (Queensland) and Asadul Islam (Monash), (2014-15, Co-PI), "Can We Select the Right Peers in Indian Education? Evidence from Kolkata," funded by the International Growth Centre, India Central, London School of Economics, £ 10,000.
Debayan Pakrashi, Asadul Islam (Monash), Christopher Barrett (Cornell), Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford), Garth Holloway (Reading) and other researchers from IRRI, Monash, Dhaka University and BRAC, (2014-15, Co-PI), "Technology Adoption and Food Security in Rural Bangladesh," funded by the International Growth Centre, Bangladesh, £ 60,000.
Tanika Chakraborty, (2012-15, Co-PI), "Decisions made under uncertainties and limited information by IIT Kanpur undergraduate students," sponsored by IIT Kanpur, 2012 –2015, INR 12 Lakhs.
Vimal Kumar, (2012-14, Co-PI), "Economic analysis of urban housing markets and policies", sponsored by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).
Somesh Kumar Mathur, (2012-14, Consulting), "Trade in Climate Smart Goods: Prometeo Project," sponsored by the Government of Ecuador.
